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Freeing kids from Anxiety

Take your kids through a walking meditation in their imagination and free them from anxiety in a podcast from LiSTNR.

Close to the Mic News 12/07/23 Close to the Mic News 12/07/23

How Babies Think

BabyLab explores how babies think, where their first word comes from and all the questions new parents will have front of mind. Find out more about the launch of Season Two.

Close to the Mic News 3/05/23 Close to the Mic News 3/05/23

Postnatal Depression is Real

Perinatal depression and anxiety affects almost 100,000 expectant and new parents in Australia every year and also affects men. Find out more in a new podcast from LiSTNR in collaboration with Gidget.

Close to the Mic News 26/04/23 Close to the Mic News 26/04/23

There’s a Doctor in the House

‘Dr Golly and the Experts’ is the new health podcast that parents need to hear.

Close to the Mic News 10/04/23 Close to the Mic News 10/04/23

Five Minute Pep Talks

SCA’s podcast, Turia Pitt’s Pep Talk provides short and practical tips, tools, and anecdotes aimed to motivate and inspire.

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REVIEWS

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Where to Get the Full Story

Reviews

If you love news and politics then check out ‘Full Story’ from The Guardian Australia reviewed by Shaun D. Wilson.

Reviews

Reviews, Sport

Professional Rugby’s Lack of Equality

Reviews, Sport

Fair Game: Pacific Rugby Against the World is a six-part series launched this February. The podcast takes a look at a game dominated by a system of colonial power fuelled by racism.

Reviews, Sport

Lifestyle, Women, Reviews

Is the Path to Happiness All it’s Cracked Up to Be?

Lifestyle, Women, Reviews

The answer to our happiness lies within, but how often do we ask ourselves, or others, that question? Mamamia’s new podcast explores just that.

Lifestyle, Women, Reviews

True Crime, Reviews

Heinous True Crime Podcast Delivers Tension

True Crime, Reviews

Heinous takes a look into Asia’s criminal underworld, while exploring the cultural and social influences that have informed heinous crimes and acts of terror.

True Crime, Reviews

Chasing Ghosts Goes Below the Surface

True Crime, Reviews

The third season of NZ Herald’s true crime podcast Chasing Ghosts - ‘Below the Surface’ investigates the mysterious death of Thai national, Bua Ngoen Thongsi, whose body was retrieved by a dive police squad in North Canterbury in February, 2015.

True Crime, Reviews

Reviews, Women, Relationships

Dear Clementine Hits Hard Where it Counts

Reviews, Women, Relationships

Clementine Ford owns her voice in a space where nothing is more valuable than the raw and honest truth, whether we like it, or not.

Reviews, Women, Relationships